ATI Radeon HD 3550 vs ATI Radeon HD 3100
Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 3550 and ATI Radeon HD 3100 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies.
Differences
Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3550
- Around 70% higher core clock speed: 594 MHz vs 350 MHz
Core clock speed | 594 MHz vs 350 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
ATI Radeon HD 3550 | ATI Radeon HD 3100 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | TeraScale | RV6xx |
Code name | RV620 | RS780MC |
Launch date | 4 August 2008 | 1 August 2008 |
Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 594 MHz | 350 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 47.52 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 55 nm |
Pipelines | 40 | 40 |
Texture fill rate | 2.376 GTexel / s | |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 30 Watt | |
Transistor count | 181 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 2x DisplayPort | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 10.1 | 10 |
OpenGL | 3.3 | |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 512 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 6.34 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | |
Memory clock speed | 792 MHz | |
Memory type | DDR2 | |
Shared memory | yes | |
Technologies |
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HDCP support | ||
PCI-E 2.0 |